Jerry McBride <jmcbride@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Novell hopping with news, but it?s not all good
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | But the news wasn?t all good for Novell: Astrum Inc., a Texas startup
>> | now headed by two former Novell employees, for example, filed a suit
>> | against Novell for breach of contract in connection with the development
>> | of a mini-operating system appliance. The scuttlebutt is that Novell has
>> | dumped the partners in favor of a more established company.
>> `----
>>
>>
> http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/05/27/linux-hopping-with-product-news-a-lawsuit-and-positioning-maneuvers/
>>
>>
>> Recent:
>>
>> Novell slapped with suit for new mini-OS
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Astrum Inc., a software security company in Carrollton, Texas, has filed
>> | suit against Novell Inc. Astrum claims that Novell violated its contract
>> | regarding development of the mini-operating system appliance that Novell
>> | launched last month. Novell?s JeOS or Just enough Operating System, is a
>> | miniature version of the SUSE Linux Enterprise OS, which was created to
>> | help independent software vendors develop or deploy new SUSE-based
>> | applications easier and faster.
>> |
>> | Filed in U.S. District Court in Texas? Eastern Division, the lawsuit
>> | contends that the two companies entered into a mutual nondisclosure
>> | agreement on Oct. 25, 2006, to develop the software appliance but Novell
>> | violated the agreement by revealing confidential information to partners
>> | and customers. Then, after the prototype was successfully tested in
>> | November 2007, Novell engaged rPath of Raleigh, N.C., the following
>> | April to create the appliances based on SUSE Linux Enterprise.
>> |
>> | The suit alleged breach of contract, trade secret misappropriation,
>> | common law misappropriation, misappropriation of ideas and promissory
>> | ?estoppel,? or broken promises.
>> `----
>>
>>
> http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/05/19/novell-slapped-with-suit-for-new-mini-os/
>>
>
> Wow. They learn fast. That's a page out of the manual for MicroSoft.
>
>
One wonders how many Microsoft people are currently "on secondment" at
Novell just now.
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